There is probably a simple solution to this, but I can't find it. I have a loop that goes through about 70 tables; for each table an sql query is created. The query returns one column (the name of a backup table, if it exists). I want to print only the results that contain a table name - not the blank lines.<p> Here is the code:$response = $sth->fetchrow_array(); print "Table = $response\n";<p> I've tried: if ($response != "" ) { print "Table = $reponse\n"; }<p> and: if ($response =~ /^$/) { print "Table = $respone\n"; }<p> Neither of these gives me the results I want; they either print everything, or print nothing at all. What is the correct syntax to only print $response if it contains a value?<p> tia